The Truth About Selling Your Shop to Private Equity
Confession No. 96 · with Jesse Jackson · June 2, 2026 · 43 min.
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Jesse Jackson is the CEO of Mango Automotive and knows a thing or two about scaling an auto repair business. Mainly because she scaled to 8 Figures in 3 Years. Yeah. Pretty good. She tells Mike why it's important to her to help shop owners retire comfortably, the realities of private equity buyouts, and innovative solutions like the new co-op model aimed at giving small shop owners a fairer shot at big multiples.
Email Jesse - jesse@mangoautomotive.com
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